The Story of

James Morrill

Complied by "The Bowen Independent"

On behalf of The Bowen Historical Society

James Morrill, seaman, of Maldon, Essex, who was shipwrecked in the ship Peruvian on the Barrier Reef in 1846, washed ashore at Cape Cleveland after 42 days adrift on a raft, and lived 17 years with the aboriginals in the area between Townsville and Bowen until recovered by the settlers in 1863. Printed in The Bowen Independent in 1863 with much of the story in Morrill's own words.

The soft covered pamphlet is 20 x 13cm, 36 pages and published in 1966. It is in good condition, although copied copied from the original story some of the type is faint.

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An Earl's Son

The Letters of Hugh Proby

by Louise Neal

The unedited letters of Hugh Proby to his family in 1851-1852, prior to his death at 24 years of age. He is buried in the Flinders Ranges, far from his family's home in Derbyshire. Also contains information about Kanyaka Station, and some of his family's history.
 

Soft printed cover, xii + 89pp. Good condition

Headstone reads - Sacred to the memory of Hugh Proby, Third son of the Earl of Carysfort, who drowned whilst crossing the Willochra Creek on august 30th 1852. Aged 24 years. Take ye heed, watch and pray: For ye know not when the time, Mark XIII 33.

This tablet was placed over his grave by his brothers & sisters in the year 1858.

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Letters of Rachel Henning

edited by David Adams

From the comfort and culture of rural England with its ordered estates and "green lanes and fields" to the dusty heat of a rough, unfloored cabin in outback Queensland - that is just part of the journey Rachel Henning made and reports on in her letters. The letters written between 1853 and 1882, were first published in the Bulletin newspaper Sydney  in 1951 and were so well received that they were quickly presented in book form.

This edition is illuminated with illustrations of the period - some believed to be by Rachel herself, others by members of her family.

Angus & Robertson Sydney 1986, Hard Cover in good condition with some minor rubbing at top and bottom of spine,

dust jacket good condition, 330 pages.

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Golden Summers

Heidelberg and Beyond

by Jane Clark and Bridget Whitelaw

International Cultural Corporation of Australia, 1985. A catalogue to the famous "Golden Summers" travelling exhibition of the work of the Australian Heidelberg school of artists. 

In original wraparound style paperback binding. Includes bibliographies of the artists, and illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and drawings, as well as reproductions of artworks that were in the exhibition. 
A somewhat useful history and reference book to Australian art.

Book size 22.4x29.5x1.7cm, 202 pages, good condition.

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